Editing Potter County, Texas (section)

==Politics==
Potter County is strongly conservative for an urban county. It has supported Republican presidential candidates in every election since 1968 and all but once since 1952, usually by lopsided margins. Indeed, [[Jimmy Carter]] is the last Democrat to reach 40 percent of the vote, and one of only three to do so since [[Harry Truman]]. In every election since 1996, the county has given the Republican candidate over two-thirds of its vote.

However, as the county's population has increased, so too has the percentage of Democratic voters. According to the 2020 Election, it is the most Democratic-leaning county in the Texas Panhandle.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Texas Secretary of State|date=November 3, 2020|title=Official Canvass Report - 2020 November 3rd General Election|url=https://results.texas-election.com/static/data/Reports/44144/OfficialCanvassReport.pdf?v=1606267966787}}</ref> In 2004, [[George W. Bush]] received 21,401 votes (74% of the total) in the county to just 7,489 votes (25%) for his opponent, [[John Kerry]]. In 2020, [[Donald Trump|Donald J. Trump]] received 22,820 votes (69%) in the county as opposed to [[Joe Biden|Joseph R. Biden]], who received 9,921 votes (30% of the total). Yet in 2024 Donald Trump received the highest percentage of the vote (over 71%) in the county since Texas favorite George W. Bush in 2000.

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{{PresRow|2020|Republican|22,820|9,921|596|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|19,630|7,657|1,544|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|18,918|7,126|406|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|20,761|8,939|313|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|21,401|7,489|166|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|17,629|7,242|505|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|14,995|9,273|1,977|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|13,510|9,527|4,738|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|16,400|9,563|168|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|20,396|8,365|141|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|16,327|9,633|871|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|13,819|11,917|300|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|18,891|6,264|180|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|13,338|8,238|5,496|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|11,505|12,850|64|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|14,202|8,989|38|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|11,943|8,720|49|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|14,931|9,259|42|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|4,110|9,622|490|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|2,759|6,519|806|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|2,285|7,203|26|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|1,018|6,496|129|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|1,233|6,366|44|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|3,627|2,637|0|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|831|2,394|586|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|358|1,374|39|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|166|1,288|105|Texas}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|41|801|220|Texas}}